Gov. Newsom Announces Appointments

SACRAMENTO — Gov. Gavin Newsom Jan. 17 and 12 announced the following appointments respectively:

Jeffery Marino, of Los Angeles, has been appointed director of the office of data and innovation. Marino has been deputy director for strategy at the office of data and innovation since 2022, where he has served in several roles since 2020, including deputy director of service innovation, acting deputy director of products and consulting, insights program manager and data insights working group lead. Marino was a data journalist and digital marketing consultant from 2018 to 2020 for a variety of publications and technology companies including The Motley Fool, Opendoor, Symbihom, The L.A. Times and the Boulevard Sentinel. He held several roles at Zip Recruiter from 2018 to 2019, including senior content strategist and senior data journalist. Marino held several roles at Redfin from 2014 to 2017, including California communications specialist and in-house journalist – Los Angeles. He was editor of First Tuesday Publications from 2010 to 2014. Marino earned a Master of Arts degree in Comparative Literature from the University of California, Santa Cruz and a Bachelor of Arts degree in English Literature from California State University, San Bernardino. This position requires Senate confirmation and the compensation is $211,968. Marino is registered without party preference.

Kim Pattillo Brownson, of Los Angeles, has been reappointed to the State Board of Education, where she has served since 2019. Pattillo Brownson has been director of strategy and policy for the Ballmer Group since 2020. She was vice president of policy and strategy at First 5 Los Angeles from 2016 to 2020. Pattillo Brownson held multiple positions at the Advancement Project from 2007 to 2016, including managing director of policy and advocacy, director of educational equity, associate director of educational equity, and associate counsel.  She was a Yale Law School Liman public interest fellow in education law for the American Civil Liberties Union from 2006 to 2007. Pattillo Brownson is a member of the Early Childhood Policy Council, the advisory committee for the Stein Family Foundation, and chair of the Governance Committee for the American Institute for Research. She earned a Juris Doctor degree from Yale Law School and a Bachelor of Arts degree in Social Studies from Harvard University. This position requires Senate confirmation and the compensation is $100 per diem. Pattillo Brownson is a Democrat.